Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-12-30
SPREADING RAILS DID TT.
THIRTY-FIvE PERSONS INJURED by
A RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
An Excursion Train Jumps tho Track at
Frecport, Ills.-Two Passengers
viii Probably Dic-The Loss
viii BE $4,000.

FREEPoRT Ills, Dec. 2A Thirty-flve per-
sons were injured by a wreck on the Mime
sofa and Northwestern roal yesterday fore
noon, near this city. Tho wreck was a bad
one, and it is wonderful that many persons
were not killed outr ght. The train was
loaded with 100 excur,ionsts from the
northwest bouni for Montreal aud Canadian
points, and consisted OF two seepers, two
boudOir cars, day coach, n smoker and n
baggage car.
just after crossing Ogle Creek bridge,
thirteen miles from this city, a wheel of the
tender jumped the track, causing the rails
to spread.
The entire train bumped over the ties for
100 feet or NOR, AMI then broke into sec
tions and plum ged wildly down the steep en-
banSment on either side.
One car was turned over end for end and
thrown fifty feet from the track.
A coach was turned upside down and lay
upon its roof, while the passengers were
piled together in the bottom.
One sleeper was also turned over, but the
other was left partially down the embanll-
ment.
The cars were crushed, AMI the occupants
hurle against the sides or buried so deeply
The train men began the work of getting
out the injured AZ once while dispatches were
sent to Freeport for physicians and supplies.
Twelve doctors took special car and began
lnnistrations at once The most seriously
injured were cared for in neignborIng
houses.
The following list embraces every one who
was at all seriously injured:
rbncn ,1,nl.l lie. Cot i,,i,,
| Mrs. John McGulin, Vlrden, Manitoba,
hip disocated, Internal injuries; johnnie
Cayley son of NJ. Cayey, of Minto d lk,
compound fracture Of the skull knee dislo-
Gated.
Those hurt but not fatally, are:
A. Scrimger, st. Paul, wrist and thigh dis
locatel; A. Kemp, Devils Lake, D,k.,
wrist badly bruised; Mrs. William Norwood,
Forest River, Oak, head severely cut; I'M
consciou-; Ada II. futile, broken arm,
bruised legs; Il. L. Mason, Minneapolis,
Mimi, head cut open, left leg broken; Mrs.
B, +. Mason, shoulder bruised, confusion of
head; VI. Cayley, Mimic, Oak, knee dis
located; James A. Ward, Minneapolis, gen
orally bruised; f. a. Lilly, Mime
apolis, head cut; A. Heltenstein Chi
cago, right foot lacerated; Mrs Frank
and hip injured; Daniel Vollick, lie SUR,
Mimi, bruisel back and head; f. w. Young,
Chicago, leg broken; Alexander Forbes,
Nova Scotia, head cut; A. f. Froad, Free
port, head cut, left leg spraned; G. f. An
drews, st. Paul, right hand Mashed Mrs.
M. Conway, Winnipeg, head bruised
left arm broken; j. A. Cunningham,
Lordsburg, Oak, bruised in chest and
body, head cut; Mrs. Mcintyre, Winni-
peg, hip and shoulder bruised; Thomas AT
kinson, Williams City, Oak, bruised
shoulder and neck; Eugene Fish, Mouse
River, Oak, badly cut with broken glas,
and hip dislocated; Sam Flood, Chicago, rib,
broken, internal I'M uiies.
The loss to the railroad company will ag-
gregate $4,000. The rolling stock was all
new. At o'clock in the afternoon the pas
sengers, including those of the injured W he
could be moved, We're sent to Chicago on &
special train.